Euronews is set to sell a €35 million majority stake to Naguib Sawiris. Established in 1993 by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Euronews is currently owned by 21 public television channels and 3 local authorities. Available in 13 languages it provides rolling coverage of world news produced by 600 journalists from over 30 countries. “Throughout […]
Nickelodeon will officially launch its SVoD service in the US on March 5th. Originally set to go live in February, the service will resurrect the “Noggin” brand previously employed by the kids’ network for one of its TV channels, and will cost $5.99 per month. It launches as an app for Apple iOS devices. All […]
Cairo-based Nilesat reported a significant jump in net profit, from $46.6 million in 2013 to $73.8 million in 2014, an improvement of 58.6 per cent. The data was released to the Cairo Stock Exchange on February 26th. Overall revenues also grew from $180.9 million in 2013, to $192 million in 2014. Nilesat’s stock price has […]
With more than 4.2 billion video views in the last 12 months, WWE has become the top ranked Sports channel on YouTube ahead of the NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL, ESPN and NASCAR. In addition,
Irish telco Eircom has confirmed it will expand the number of Sky Sports channels in its pay-TV line-up. From March 3rd, Sky Sports 3, 4 and 5 will join the eVision line-up ahead of April’s Masters golf. “We continue to evolve our TV offering and have recently added Sky Sports 3, 4 and 5 to […]
French telco Orange has launched an OTT multiscreen service thorughout France using the Viaccess-Orca ‘s Voyage – TV Everywhere solution, with systems integration and technical support services provided by Capgemini. At the heart of Viaccess-Orca’s Voyage solution is the RiGHTv unified service delivery platform. By providing Orange France with a highly flexible, customisable, and scalable […]
ZTE Corporation, an international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, has announced the global launch of its smart 4-core OTT set-top box 760H. The B760H STB is configured with a 4-core processor, and runs on Android 4.4. It supports the “IPTV+OTT” function and service, which can provide multiple functions […]
MTN recently announced that Discover Digital would operate the service which it built with Irish company Digisoft.tv Digisoft announced a move into multi device VoD with its CastOS product at IBC 2014. CastOS enables smartphone to throw content to a Roku, Chromecast, FireTV or white label dongl MTN showcased the benefits of FrontRow when it […]
An influential group of UK MPs has said it sees no long-term future in the BBC licence fee and set out advantages of a broadcasting levy. It considers the BBC still a valued and important feature of national life but in need of stronger governance and more challenging, independent oversight if it is to be […]
Analyst firm MoffettNathanson’s comprehensive quarterly report on the US cable and satellite pay-TV sector, admits that on the surface “all is calm” insofar as subscriptions are up (by 101,000) during Q4/2014 but reminds readers that this always happens in the traditional pre-holiday Q4, so look at the trailing year and the actual number falls by […]